Truss.



N o. 724,014. U PATENTED MAR. 31, 1903. M. E. JASPER.

TRUSS.

APPLICATION FILED SEPT. 18, 1902.

N0 MODEL.

T Vificsses v [lave- Cor Y UNITED STATE PATENT OFFICE,

MANUEL E. JASPER, OF WIARTON, CANADA, ASSIGNOR TO DAVID M. JERMYN, OF WIARTON, ONTARIO, CANADA.

'TRUSS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 724,014, dated March 31, 1903. Application filed September 18, 1902, Serial No. 123,952. (No model.)

To aZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, MANUEL EDWARD J AS- PER, of the town of Wiarton, in the county of Bruce, Province of Ontario, Canada, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Trusses, of which the following is a specification.

The object of the invention is to devise a comfortable truss which will eifectually hold any rupture, while giving the wearer the utmost freedom of motion; and it consists, essentially, in the construction hereinafter described, and illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 is a perspective front view of the truss as arranged for a double rupture, and Fig. 2 a perspective detail of the back pad. Fig. 3 is a detail showing the peculiar curvature of the pad-holder J.

In the drawings like letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in the different figures.

A is a divided metal band adapted to fit;

around the waist of the wearer, and B a back plate to which the rear ends of the halves of the band A are adjustably yet rigidly connected, as hereinafter described. It the truss is to be used on a single rupture, the front-end of one half of the metal waistband is bent back upon itself toward the side ofthe' body and is then curved downward, rearward, and inward to follow the groin until the point is reached at which the rupture exists.

justably secured a truss-pad O, as hereinafter described. If a double rupture exists, the front end of the other half of the metal waistband is similarly continued to form a padholder and provided with a suit-able truss-pad. Where the front ends of the waistband are bent back upon themselves I provide the :plates D, each provided with a socket E, adapted to receive the loop of the band, the latter being secured therein by means of the set-screw F. To the backs of the plates B and D may be connected suitable pads of felt or other material to make the apparatus comfortable to the wearer. The wires may also be covered in any suitable manner.

The plates E have connected thereto the strap and buckle G, forming a flexible and ad To the end of the pad-holderJ so formed is then adjustable connection between-the front ends of the waistband, by means of which the truss may be suitably adjusted around the waist.

When in use, the metal waistband is quite loose on the body and the trouble and inconvenience caused by the ordinary tight-fitting adjustments are entirely obviated. At the same time it is sufficiently rigid to afford a suitable attachment for the truss-pads. These latter being connected to the downwardly-extending springends of the waistband are given a lightyet firm pressure inward and upward against the rupture, securely holding it under all circumstances. It is not, of course, essential that these spring ends be formed integral with the waistband, as they might readily be made out of separate pieces of material; yet I find my present arrangement a .ceive the band. The ends of the front portions of the waistband pass through lugs I, formed on the back plate of the truss-pads, and are held therein by means of the setscrews d. It is thus easy to adjust the trusspads in any desired position, longitudinally and rotatably.

It is an important feature of my truss that the metal band circling the body is formed as a waistband and does not run directly down to the truss, as is usually the case. My construction adds much to the comfort of the wearer, as the disagreeable downward pressure of such faulty trusses is entirely obviated.

' When manufacturing the truss, many variations might be made from the exact construction herein described which would yet fall within the scope of the invention.

What I claim as my invention is-- 1. In a truss a spring-metal waistband adapted to press on the body at the back and front,in combination with a spring-metal padholder rigidly secured to the front of the waistband, curved out toward the side of the body, and then curved downward, inward and rearward to follow the groin and exercise a spring-pressure against the body; and a trusspad secured to the end of the pad-holder, substantially as described.

2. In a truss a divided spring-metal waist band, having a rigid adjustable connection between the rear ends of its parts and a flexible adjustable connection between the front ends of its parts, in combination with a spring- Inetal pad-holder rigidly secured to the front of the waistband, curved out toward the side of the body, and then curved downward, inward, and rearward to follow the groin and exercise a spring-pressure against the body; and a truss-pad secured to the end of the padholder, substantially as described.

3. In a truss a spring-metal waistband divided in front and having a flexible adjustable connection between the ends, in combination with a spring-metal pad-holder rigidly secured to the front of the waistband, curved out toward the side of the body and then curved downward, inward and rearward to follow the groin and exercise a spring-pressure against the body; and a truss-pad sec ured to'the end of the pad-ho1der, substantially as described.

4. In a truss a spring-metal waistband divided in front and having a flexible adjustable connection between the ends in combination with a springmetal pad-holder formed by bending the end of the waistband back toward the side of the body and then curved downward, inward and rearward to follow the groin and exercise a spring-pressure against the body; and a truss-pad secured to the end of the pad-holder, substantially as described.

5. In a truss a divided spring-metal waistband having a rigid adjustable connection between the rear ends of its parts and a flexiadapted to press on the body at the back and front, in combination with a spring-metal padholder rigidly secured to the front of the waistband, curved out toward the side of the body, and then curved downward, inward and rearward to follow the groin and exercise a spring-pressure against the body; and

a truss-pad longitudinally and rotatably adjustable on the end of the pad-holder, substantially as described.

7. In a truss a spring-metal waistband divided in front and having a flexible adjustable connection between the ends, in combination with a spring-metal pad-holder rigidly secured to the front of the waistband, curved out toward the side of the body and then curved downward, inward and rearward to follow the groin and exercise a springpressure against the body; and a truss-pad longitudinally and rotatably adjustable on the end of the pad-holder, substantially as described.

Toronto, September 4:, 1902.

MANUEL E. JASPER.

In presence of- J. Enw. MAYBEE, A. J. COLBOURNE. 

